{"id":111947,"date":"2024-04-06T15:58:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T14:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrongeverytime.com\/?p=39871"},"modified":"2024-04-06T15:58:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T14:58:37","slug":"scums-wish-episode-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/06\/scums-wish-episode-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Scum\u2019s Wish \u2013 Episode 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today it seemed like the perfect time to return to the tangled drama of Scum\u2019s Wish, as I doubt even Hana\u2019s storming emotions can dampen the glory of this fresh spring day. Though to be fair to our poor girl, it actually seems like she\u2019s finally making some positive personal decisions. Her misguided quest to find satisfaction in the possessive, amoral cruelty of Akane has ended; just as Moca has begun to embrace her more mature instincts, so has Hana remembered that she is still innocent in many ways, still wishing on shooting stars and hoping for a fairy tale romance.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of last episode\u2019s awkward twin dates, both Hana and Mugi have come to a decision: before the summer is out, they will confess their crush to the actual object of their affections. Obviously there is no way those confessions can go well; Hana\u2019s relationship with Kanai is more one of a surrogate little sister than an equal lover, while Akane seems too incapable of empathy to genuinely love anyone. But nonetheless, ripping off the bandaids of their lingering obsessions can only be good for their future relationships, so I can only hope summer doesn\u2019t offer some fresh reason to conceal and marinate in their hopeless feelings. Let\u2019s get to it!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Episode 8<\/b><\/p>\n

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We open on a light-saturated establishing shot, with those reliable cicadas in the distance further emphasizing the arrival of summer. A little odd that I\u2019ve become so accustomed to cicadas being used as a general signifier of summer, given I only hear them in anime<\/span><\/p>\n

And then an immediate reminder of this being a Masaomi Ando production via the screen-in-screen cut of Hana marveling at all of her study materials. I don\u2019t think every director should be as ostentatious about these partitions as Ando, but it\u2019s surprising to me how few other directors employ similar tricks, particularly when adapting manga. I suppose it\u2019s the opposite of naturalistic, and naturalistic direction aping the styles of live-action cinema is more of what\u2019s in vogue these days, particularly among the mainstream shonen titles<\/span><\/p>\n

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Naturalism has its merits, but having it be the defining aesthetic goal of a medium imbued with such inventive visual possibilities seems like a mistake. Tomino loves screen-in-screen partitions, and Yuasa is always happy to fuck with the alleged \u201ccinematic reality\u201d of his productions<\/span><\/p>\n

Hana and Mugi are hanging out and lamenting their summer homework. Though they initially treated each other as emotionally distant replacement lovers, at this point they\u2019re just comfortable friends. The strength of a relationship is not defined by its energy or vitality in moments of excitement or crisis, but by moments like this – are you comfortable sharing a long, dull afternoon together?<\/span><\/p>\n

Mugi announces he\u2019s going to declare his crush after finishing the homework, and Hana hastily declares she\u2019ll do the same<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cSweet Refrain\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The imagery of this OP seems more pointed all the time. Hana attempts to share her body with a variety of partners, but it\u2019s Mugi who\u2019s there to gently touch her cheek when she wakes<\/span><\/p>\n

We drop in on the shaggy-haired Atsuya, who is apparently an associate of Ecchan\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n

Omigod, Ecchan has a Scum\u2019s Wish-branded baseball cap<\/span><\/p>\n

Apparently they\u2019re cousins, but of course Atsuya is also in love with her. Couldn\u2019t possibly have one healthy, amicable relationship in this series, could we<\/span><\/p>\n

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Well, I guess there\u2019s Moca and her embarrassing dad. Love those two<\/span><\/p>\n

Atsuya\u2019s shaggy hair provides an immediate brush of characterization; he\u2019s always nervous about eye contact and being too direct, so he hides behind his hair<\/span><\/p>\n

Apparently he confessed to her years ago, and she slapped him in response. But of course, he\u2019s maintained a flame for her ever since. As always, the feelings of these characters are so clearly defined by the contours of adolescence – a point where childhood still seems present and the future seems impossible to imagine, a point when you can really believe that the current conditions of your life might carry on forever. Healthy adults can accept rejection and move forward, because they understand life is defined by change, and new opportunities are always presenting themselves. On the other hand, inexperienced adolescents can truly believe in things like \u201cdestined love,\u201d because they\u2019ve never had to grow beyond feelings they once held as sacred. In emotional terms, they\u2019re not too far off from that kid recovering from a dentist\u2019s anesthesia while asking \u201cam I gonna feel like this forever?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not good with complicated issues. Maybe I\u2019m just insensitive.\u201d Honestly, his direct challenging of Ecchan\u2019s one-sided crush is actually kinda refreshing<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy for you. And if you like her, then I like her too.\u201d Yeah, cousin issue aside, he\u2019s actually engaging with Ecchan\u2019s feelings in a more healthy manner than most members of this cast would<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to put any gender labels on you.\u201d Ecchan doesn\u2019t see Atsuya as gendered because he\u2019s just her cousin, not a potentially viable partner, while Atsuya himself sees that as an opportunity to sneak past her gender preferences. What a mess<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThen, that still means I have a chance.\u201d Another profoundly adolescent instinct – believing that romance is simply a kind of equation you can resolve by feeding enough of the right inputs into any given person. Even if Ecchan agreed to this, a relationship someone \u201cresigns themself to\u201d rather than embraces willingly will never make its participants happy. You\u2019re not just stacking enough positive points to eventually win someone over; chemistry and attraction are either there or they aren\u2019t, and no amount of needling or laborious efforts will generally fix that<\/span><\/p>\n

Admittedly, our popular romance dramas often emphasize the importance of \u201cwinning over\u201d your love interest, but that\u2019s just because narrative drama requires conflict. And in the best romances, the chemistry is generally there from the start regardless, even if it\u2019s accompanied by immediate disagreements<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re both serious students. We\u2019re both honor students.\u201d It\u2019s clear that on some level, Hana actually revels in her allegedly sordid nature. She enjoys the thrill of apparent deviance<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou can imagine I\u2019m her.\u201d Hana feeling the need to reiterate their original arrangement emphasizes how she actually feels they\u2019ve grown beyond it, how she\u2019s now embracing Mugi, and not some transposed vision of her true crush<\/span><\/p>\n

And Mugi admits to the same, saying he can\u2019t see her as Akane anymore<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the moment I realized that I\u2019d stopped comparing Mugi with Brother\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The screen-in-screen partitions are an excellent way of emphasizing characters\u2019 preoccupations without words, like this lingering stare Hana aims at Mugi\u2019s retreating back<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSummer is so short.\u201d A hyper-awareness of the time until confession, spurred by her growing regret at the thought of abandoning this bond with Mugi<\/span><\/p>\n

Messing with the aspect ratio similarly creates a variety of handy cinematic effects. Presenting this memory of Hana and Kanai in widescreen calls its veracity into question – is this a true memory, or filtered through Hana\u2019s perception?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you remembered any one of those memories, I thought I could go on living.\u201d Similar to Moca\u2019s situation; the less you have experienced of love, the less you feel you need to be sustained<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter how warped or clumsy, I\u2019ve loved as hard as I can.\u201d A lovely summation of Hana\u2019s winding journey<\/span><\/p>\n

Hana and Mugi affirm their final preps as the sun sets over a playground, a visual double whammy emphasizing the end of their childhood<\/span><\/p>\n

And now both of them are too infatuated with each <\/span>other<\/span><\/i> to even make eye contact<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

For once she doesn\u2019t see this as a \u201cbetrayal\u201d of the purity of her original feelings, but as a potential route forward. Even if she can\u2019t consciously articulate it, she knows now that her feelings for Kanai are a weight dragging her down, an anchor she must move beyond<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, given this is Scum\u2019s Wish, I expect this theoretically cathartic releasing of childhood crushes will actually end up being <\/span>reciprocated<\/span><\/i>, causing all the more agony for everyone involved<\/span><\/p>\n

With Mugi about to actually resolve things, Akane swiftly maneuvers to turn this into an actual date, which will either dissuade him or at least prolong his suffering<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s almost hurtful. There\u2019s nothing wrong with being pale and white.\u201d Akane immediately fishing for compliments, and also directing Mugi\u2019s attention to her body<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cI liked her because I could never have her.\u201d An insightful reflection by Mugi; an impossible love can feel safer than someone you might actually have a chance with<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re a promiscuous, deranged narcissist!\u201d \u201cThen why did you follow me here?\u201d Oh Mugi. In retrospect, this might have been better handled via phone<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be your first! I want to change you!\u201d GODDAMNIT MUGI<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Kanai\u2019s guileless response ends up reminding Hana of everything she loves about him. He\u2019s accomplishing accidentally what Akane engineered by force<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure I can change. Because I\u2019m not alone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

And Done<\/b><\/p>\n

GOD DAMNIT MUGI! You knew exactly what she would do! You knew that, the moment she realized she could no longer string you on at a distance, she\u2019d claim you just to fuck up your relationship with Hana. You knew that Akane can only be handled from a safe distance, preferably in full hazmat gear with an electric fence between you. And you did it anyway! Gaaah, he makes me so mad, but it\u2019s a good kind of mad – the anger of characters doing self-destructive things that they could never possibly avoid, the willing oblivion that Scum\u2019s Wish so loves. With Hana and Mugi coming so close to genuine mutual understanding, this episode served as a clear-eyed articulation of who they once were and who they must become, only for Akane to fuck everything up in the most predictable way possible. Get your shit together, Mugi!<\/span><\/p>\n

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